Working Remote: Two Years, Three Hard Lessons
Remote work isn't freedom. It's a different kind of structure — and you have to build it yourself.
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When I went remote two years ago, I thought I was escaping office culture. Turns out I was just trading one set of problems for another.
1. Boundaries don't make themselves
If you don't decide when work stops, it never will.
2. Loneliness is real, even if you're introverted
I needed humans more than I expected. Coworking once a week saved me.
3. Communication has to be over-the-top deliberate
What used to be a five-second tap on someone's shoulder is now a paragraph in Slack. Embrace it.
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